Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 257 The final swan song
Wu Sangui didn't rush to attack anymore, but ordered the team to retreat a little.

In order to protect Azig, the Qing army did not rush to pursue it, and quickly moved closer to Azig.

The remaining seven or eight hundred Qing troops were surrounded by Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of cavalry in the inner circle, and Wu Liuqi's infantry in the outer circle, and it was impossible to escape.

The surrounding cavalry made way for a passage, and Wu Sangui immediately stepped forward, staring blankly at the bewildered Qing army on the opposite side, and said in a deep voice: "Surrender now is your only choice."

"The new army will not kill the prisoners, but will give the Prince of England the treatment they deserve. His Royal Highness the Prince of England has already been injured. If he does not seek medical treatment as soon as possible, his life may be in danger."

"You have nowhere to go, why don't you surrender?"

The hundreds of Qing soldiers on the opposite side didn't speak, or they didn't have the strength to speak. They were all panting, and their hands with knives were trembling.

"Wu Sangui, you're just an unfamiliar dog. Do you think it will end well if you take refuge in Tangning?"

"And you..." Azig's eyes locked on the generals of Shang Kexi's department and Ming Andali in the crowd again.

Especially Ming Andali, he said with a sinister smile, "Ming Andali, if you surrender to Tangning, will your entire tribe be abandoned?"

Ming Andali's face darkened, and he said flatly, "Azig, you should worry about yourself."

"Your Majesty Tang has won the hearts of the people, and you have such a powerful army. Do you think your country can still stand firm? You are just the second Li Zicheng."

"Being obedient to Master Tang is to conform to the will of the people. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Your hands are covered with blood, and the people will live in dire straits."

"Today we follow the public opinion and serve Master Tang. Tomorrow, more people will resist your brutal rule. After all, this world is not something you can own..."

"Haha..." Azig laughed wildly, couldn't help coughing a few times, and coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood.

However, he still couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Ming Andali, I never thought that you would flatter your new master so quickly without even seeing Tangning's face."

"Aren't you afraid that Tangning will kill you and feed you to the dogs immediately after using you?"

Before Ming An Dali had time to speak, Wu Sangui immediately said: "Prince Ying, are you going to be reduced to winning with your mouth now?"

"Do you think that if the time is delayed, the reinforcements in Taipingfu City will rush over to support?"

"Let me tell you a piece of good news. The people you secretly sent early in the morning have successfully entered Taipingfu City. Therefore, they have received the news of your request for help, and they will send people out to help as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Wu Sangui paused deliberately, raised his hand and pointed to the distance, and said with a smile: "Listen carefully, is there a faint sound of fighting coming from a distance?"

Azig unconsciously clenched the saber tightly in his palm, and due to the force, a stream of blood gushed out from the wound where the arrow was shot.

"Do you think that everything about you has been hidden from the eyes and ears of the new army? The people you sent out were just deliberately let into the city by the new army, just to lure your people out."

"It's all right now, we don't need to do anything, Tian Xiong who surrendered to you has already rebelled, and is using your heads to make a contribution to Master Tang."

Hearing this, Azig's eyes widened, as if he could spew fire, and he roared loudly: "If I knew this, I should have killed you bastards."

At this time, the new army accompanying the army forced the company commander to step forward and whispered something in Wu Sangui's ear.

Wu Sangui nodded slightly, and said loudly to Azig, "Azig, give you one last chance? Surrender or not?"

"You mad dog, what right do you have to make me surrender?" Azig cursed unceremoniously.

Wu Sangui's face was very ugly, but he still tried his best to bear it, and said in a deep voice: "Master Tang respects you as a man, let me wait to give you a way out."

"Now, put down your weapons and surrender, you are surrendering to the new army, you are surrendering to Mr. Tang, you can live. Otherwise, you will be killed..."

After Wu Sangui said the last sentence, he immediately raised his hand, and many cavalry immediately aimed at Azig and other Qing troops with their bows and arrows.

Seeing this scene, many people in the Qing army looked at Azig.

After all, not everyone is willing to die in this desperate situation.

However, Azig never thought of surrendering, which has something to do with his violent character.

In the official history, Azig did not die normally, he died completely by himself.

After Dorgon's death, his first thought was to seize power, but he failed and was imprisoned.

But even under confinement, the violent Azig has not restrained himself in the slightest. He hides a knife in the cell, digs a tunnel, and even threatens to set fire to the cell.

In the end, he died in this way, and was directly given to death by Shunzhi, and his son was also given to death.

In addition to character reasons, there is another important reason that he cannot surrender.

If Prince Regent Dorgon's elder brother surrendered, it would have a great impact not only on the regent, but also on the entire Qing Dynasty.

Now, Zhengbaiqi's strength has been greatly weakened. If the regent is implicated again, Azig will not be able to escape the responsibility even if he can return alive.

Combining these two aspects, the chance of Azig surrendering is very small, and Tangning is also mentally prepared.

The fact is indeed the case. Azig could feel the wavering of the soldiers around him, so he roared directly: "My Eight Banners, how can I surrender to such a capricious generation? Otherwise, how can I face future generations."

"Follow me, kill..."

As soon as Azig's voice fell, Wu Sangui swung his palm forward violently.

"Swish, swish..." Sharp arrows flew towards the Qing army from all directions.

"Puff puff..." Amidst bursts of screams, the Qing soldiers fell off their horses one by one.

The Qing army, which had not yet fallen, raised their swords and launched a charge amid Azig's frantic shouts. This was also their last swan song.

If half an hour later, the encirclement was almost filled with corpses, most of them belonged to the Qing army, and many corpses were full of arrows.

The war horse that lost its owner was spinning aimlessly, and the wounded war horse fell to the ground and neighed.

Under Wu Sangui's order, a group of soldiers got off their horses and went to inspect the battlefield. When they saw that the wounded were not dead, they immediately killed them.

If it is an officer, it is carried aside.

Azig was quickly found out. He had six arrows stuck in his body, but he didn't die immediately.

One leg was pressed down by the fallen horse, and the whole person was unable to move.

Several soldiers stepped forward immediately and rescued him.

Wu Sangui was very surprised, but he still ordered someone to check Azig's injuries immediately, and if he could be saved, he still had to do his best to rescue him.

He also knew Tangning's purpose in wanting a living Azig.

It is of great significance to be able to capture a Manchu prince alive.

The doctor who rescued Azig was a doctor accompanying the new army, who was originally a teacher of the Department of Medicine of Chaozhou University.

During this expedition, many teachers and students from the Department of Medicine of Chaozhou University enlisted to accompany the army, and the field hospitals behind were busy with them.

Facts also proved that Tang Ning was right to set up a nursing department in the medical department. He saved many wounded soldiers and greatly reduced the death rate of wounded soldiers in the new army.

Indirectly, it also increased the courage of the soldiers of the new army. Many soldiers even teased and got injured. At worst, they went to the field hospital to see beautiful female nurses.

(End of this chapter)